Hi nursecarebear, First of all it sounds like the orientation program needs to be a little longer. Mine was about 3-4 months and I felt pretty confident to be on my own at that time. Don't get...
My situation is I am finally done with orientation and will be taking patient assignments on my own starting tonight. My preceptors have been awesome reassuring me that I do a great job, but it...
PedsNurse04 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing
We use verbal and tape record on our unit, mainly verbal though. What I like to do is start out with a history of my patient (when they were admitted, reason why they were admitted, etc.) then I give...